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What is the purpose of the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode in ECG and other devices?
What is the purpose of the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode in ECG and other devices?
- To cause motion artifacts
- To generate high frequency noise
- To increase the impedance of the electrode
- To allow current to pass across the interface between the electrolyte and electrode (correct)
Why is the Ag Cl layer important in the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode?
Why is the Ag Cl layer important in the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode?
- It increases the impedance of the electrode, which is important at high frequencies
- It causes instability in the electrode
- It generates toxic fumes
- It lowers the impedance of the electrode, which is important at low frequencies (correct)
What are the advantages of the Silver Chloride electrode?
What are the advantages of the Silver Chloride electrode?
- Increases motion artifact
- Generates toxic byproducts
- Widely used for biopotential recording (correct)
- Causes high frequency noise
Why is the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode considered stable?
Why is the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode considered stable?
What effect does the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode have on motion artifacts?
What effect does the Silver-Silver Chloride electrode have on motion artifacts?
What type of elements are required for modeling electrode behavior?
What type of elements are required for modeling electrode behavior?
What can considerably differ at relatively high current densities for electrode characteristics?
What can considerably differ at relatively high current densities for electrode characteristics?
What is sensitive to the current passing through the electrode?
What is sensitive to the current passing through the electrode?
What is the leakage resistance across the charge double layer dependent on?
What is the leakage resistance across the charge double layer dependent on?
When sinusoidal currents are used to measure the electrode’s circuit behavior, what are the characteristics dependent on?
When sinusoidal currents are used to measure the electrode’s circuit behavior, what are the characteristics dependent on?
